how things click. All labsEXPLORATION 04 SPACE & TECHNOLOGY

A CONNECTION BEYOND THE HORIZON

How Starlink actually works.

Follow a packet. Open the satellite.
Take control of the connection.

ONE NETWORK. MANY MOVING PARTS.

Drag to orbit.
Scroll to get closer.
Click a part to explore.

Preparing the orbital scene…
INTERACTIVE 3D
01 / EXPLORE

The whole network

Follow a packet from your home to the internet.

RadioLaserReturn / fiber
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MAKE THE FILM

2 minutes 30 seconds · 16:9

1080p export. Branded chapters and part labels. Narration captions are off.

Chapters & narration files
Timed narrationVoice-only scriptTiming cues

Generate or record each paragraph separately, then place it at its chapter start. Chapter timecodes guide the edit; they do not automatically stretch a voice recording.

WHAT YOU ARE SEEING

The whole network

Follow a packet from your home to the internet. The model combines reference-informed hardware with illustrative signal paths, motion and scale.

7.63 km/sIllustrative 480 km circular orbitElectronicBeam steering, not a tracking motorTwo pathsGateway directly, or via laser links

THE FILM, YOUR WAY

One journey. Two edits.

A brisk 60-second portrait tour, or a 2½-minute engineering explanation. Pause any scene and make the connection your own.

Download timed narration ↗
Sources, model accuracy & credits

Original educational reconstruction. Satellite internals, exact routing and handoff behavior are illustrative, not SpaceX engineering data. Orbit altitude varies and is changing; the 480 km scene is representative. Beams are visible and spacecraft enlarged to explain the network.

Starlink technologyStandard 4 X specificationsStarlink orbital shellsNASA imagery & asset credits
HOW THINGS CLICK Curiosity, in motion.